Is it possible? Predicting complications and morbidity in surgical patients on clopidogrel therapy with Thrombelastography Platelet Mapping

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Anesthesia clinic and preoperative percent (%) platelet inhibition (mean ± SD) in 16 patients separated into three groups by their days off of clopidogrel (<3, 3–5 and >5 days)

Days off of clopidogrel	n	Anesthesia clinic % ADP inhibition		Preoperative %ADP inhibition
Days off of clopidogrel	n	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
<3 days	7	54.8 ± 25.8	49.3 (37.6, 66.8)	48.7 ± 35.8	34.4 (24.7, 74.8)
3–5 days	7	44.8 ± 34.9	46.0 (17.8, 64.9)	20.4 ± 17.7	12.7 (6.6, 35.1)
>5 days	2	49.4 ± 45.0	49.4 (33.5, 65.3)	20.6 ± 19.4	20.6 (13.8, 27.5)
Total patients	16	49.7 ± 30.2	47.7 (23.7, 73.9)	32.8 ± 29.6	26.4 (8.8, 44.0)